I am soon to sell my 2008 white MacBook and I just want to know if I should calibrate the battery before or after wiping the HDD clean and reinstalling OS X Leopard, or if the wiping and reinstalling process effectively calibrates the battery anyway? I have calibrated fairly regularly since I bought the laptop, but haven't so for about the last three months.
I have a MBA 13'' coming in next week and I read battery calibration can play a big part in the performance of the battery so am just wondering if I could go through the calibration procedure right out of the box?
I see that on here Apple recommend to do this on first use of getting the computer, but I wanted to know how much it would really matter if I didn't?
View 16 Replies View RelatedShould I calibrate my MacBook's battery. If I don't what will happen?
View 5 Replies View RelatedApple site recommends calibrating the first time usage. Do you guys do that for your laptop? Sorry first Mac, just wanna get it right
Whats the deal with the batteries? I would normally just read through the instruction manuals, but I have heard there is a special way to calibrate the battery when you first receive the laptop hence I am anxious to even start up the new MBP yet.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHey guys just got a replacement battery from apple. It came with 35% charge and I am wondering if I am meant to calibrate it? Should I let it run down and then charge up or charge up straightaway?
I've been meaning to calibrate my computer for some time now, but it seems like a wee hassle. I ask you this: must I calibrate my battery? Will it in any way affect my battery life during one cycle? What about the overall life of the battery in terms of number of cycles?
is it necessary to calibrate the batter on my 2011 unibody Macbook Pro?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011)
I was under the impression that starting with the mid 2009 macbook pros you were not supposed to calibrate the built in battery when you bought it. In fact I looked in the 2010 macbook pro manual and unlike the previous macbook pros it does not say to calibrate the battery.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI just got a macbook pro 13 and i was just wondering what it really means to calibrate your battery, and how do you do it? Would it help my battery also?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI've got a MBP and hooked up another 23" monitor to it (LG LED) and I'm using the Spyder2express to calibrate. How do I calibrate the second monitor? My MBP is just a few months old if that makes a difference.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI just set it up and been using it for about 10 mins. Should I stop and charge it to full? It's currently at 75% right now.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Macbook Pro and have recently bought a Samsung P2370 monitor so that I have a larger monitor to work on photos in Photoshop. I've got the monitor working the problem is I can't calibrate it. I have a Huey MEU101 calibrator and it's allowing me to calibrate the macbook monitor, but not the external monitor, I assume because the computer sees the 2 monitors as one combined one. As I specifically got it to work with images on the larger monitor, this is a problem.
Does anyone know how to solve this? I don't mind if it involves temporarily disabling the macbook monitor and only working with the external monitor in Photoshop (though the dual monitors are pretty useful). I've read various forums that seem to suggest that I might need 2 graphics cards, or that it might be that the software on the Huey doesn't support dual monitors and I need the pro version.
I am having a few issues with downloading office and getting the Speak function to calibrate?
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhat spyder and what software would you suggest to calibrate the retina display of the new MacBook Pros?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI work on the macbook between 90min-2 hours throughout the day. At home, I hook up to a twenty-four inch monitor that I had calibrated through a Windows based system and complete my work. Now the files that I am working on are being processed through the macbook but viewed on the external monitor. I don't really care about the calibration of the macbook because the work that I am doing on it without the external monitor is really not color related i.e. removing scabs off of children, removing hair off of the face ect, but I need the final image to be accurate before it is sent off to the lab.
So, what do I need to do? Calibrate the macbook and the monitor or just the monitor and if just the monitor can anyone walk me through this? I know I could "search" but switching over from windows has been an experience and honestly, I am tired of "searching". Speaking of searching, I am still trying to figure out a way to sync my Dell x50v to the macbook, anyone? I know the x50v is old but it is the most solid piece of windows hardware I have ever owned and it still "just works".
I just got the brand new 15" MBP with high res screen, and it is paired with the 24" cinema display.
First thing I noticed is the colors are way off between the two monitors and it is very annoying....I have tried calibrating both with no results, they just have way different profiles to be able to match them.
I'm going to try using my 32" LCD TV as a main monitor for my MacBook Pro, I'll see how it goes (it would be great if all works well and I don't have to shell out �500 on an ACD!) but I'd like to make sure that the colours are as accurate as they can be.
So, what's the best way to do this?
I'm an amateur photographer, and numerous blogs suggest it's necessary to calibrate computer monitors. My old macbook probably needs it - 2007 - but an art director friend of mine says recent macbooks no longer need it. Any thoughts on this board which is the case?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have purchased a macbook pro and have been using illustrator and Photoshop to design posters. I then purchased a Epson artisan 1430 printer. And the colours are way off. The screen colors are lovely and vibrant and the print colors are much more dull. I have been told I need to calibrate my macbook to the printer settings?
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Here's the deal on an old MacBookPro Intel Core Duo 2.16 GHz! The disc can’t be burned, because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media. Basic problem is the dvd burner doesn't burn!
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have a mac book pro OSX 10.7.5 I am getting this message when trying to burn a cd: The disc can’t be burned, because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
I need to reinstall OSX on my X25-M. I was curious if anyone had experience doing this. What I really want to know is once I boot off the cd and go into Disk Utility, should I: Just create new partition, Erase, Erase and zero out.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI was having problems with my macbook pro and decided to reformat it and reinstall os x and boot it off my time machine back up from my MacPro.
The main problem I've had is that I couldn't find my original installation discs (the macbook pro was bought in April 2008), I used my friends OS X disc (from his computer which was about 2 years older) and it seemed to install ok until I realised that the sound is gone, airport is gone and all the keys have different shortcuts to their original ones.
Just found video instructions on how to calibrate a MBP properly. [URL]. I have messed up here on some steps so I am going to give it a try.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm installing my new SSD tonight and then using my old hd as an external drive for backup. It's brand new so the only thing on it is a couple days of web history After I install the SSD do I just use the restore disks to reload the OS?
View 11 Replies View RelatedI just got a 30" yesterday and out of the box the colors seem a bit washed out.
I figure before going out and buying something like a Huey Pro or Xrite calibrator that I'd try the built-in OS X ColorSync utility.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks to using this? I tried creating a profile once for another monitor I used to own and had very little luck. I'm hoping I have more luck since this is an display and the other wasn't.
calibrate screen to a certain setting , I'm finding this a difficult task. how I can do it precisely?
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Mac OS X (10.7.1)
I have a new 17" macbook pro (glossy screen) and 24" Apple LED Cinema Display, and I'm trying to calibrate each monitor. I'm currently running the Monaco Optix XR and can create some very good looking profiles, each to his own. But, I can not get the monitors close enough in color temperature when they are side by side. The 24" is slightly warmer than the macbook pro display.
I was considering picking up a Pantone Huey pro since my calibrator is so old, but I've been reading about a lot of problems with those on 10.6.
Has anyone had any luck calibrating these two new monitors with identical (or as close as humanly possible) color and temperature?
